Welcome to TE 601: The Writer's Journey 2011
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Amber White & Mike Somers, TE 601 Instructors



A Lifelong Writer...
  • initiates writing (sees genuine purposes for writing)
  • writes well (recognizes/uses traits of good writing...writer's craft)
  • has an effective writing process (rehearsal, drafting, revising, editing, publishing)

Anderson, C. Assessing Writers. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2005.



Writers don't need to be given formulas, they need to be shown possibilities.
—Barry Lane


Teaching…is an ongoing series of microexperiments that extend and modify the repertoire of teachers. When we stop experimenting, we stop living as teachers.
—Thomas Newkirk


Writers have ordinary lives, but unlock the beauty of everyday mysteries.
—Ralph Fletcher